Medical support device, endoscope apparatus, medical support method, and program

Abstract

A medical support device includes a processor. The processor displays, on a display device, processing result information which is information related to a processing result of an object recognition process performed on a first medical image generated by being captured by a camera. The processor makes a display aspect of the processing result information different according to a similarity or a difference between the first medical image and a second medical image stored in a storage.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A medical support device comprising a processor,
 wherein the processor is configured to:
 display, on a display device, processing result information which is information related to a processing result of an object recognition process performed on a first medical image generated by being captured by a camera; and 
 make a display aspect of the processing result information different according to a similarity or a difference between the first medical image and a second medical image stored in a storage. 
   
     
     
         2 . The medical support device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein in a case where the similarity exceeds a first threshold value or the difference is equal to or less than a second threshold value, the processing result information is displayed in a first display aspect capable of specifying that the similarity exceeds the first threshold value or the difference is equal to or less than the second threshold value, and   in a case where the similarity is equal to or less than the first threshold value or the difference exceeds the second threshold value, the processing result information is displayed in a second display aspect capable of specifying that the similarity is equal to or less than the first threshold value or the difference exceeds the second threshold value.   
     
     
         3 . The medical support device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the second display aspect has higher visibility than the first display aspect.   
     
     
         4 . The medical support device according to  claim 3 ,
 wherein the processing result information is not displayed in the first display aspect, and   the processing result information is displayed in the second display aspect.   
     
     
         5 . The medical support device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the second medical image is an exceptional image determined as a medical image that is inappropriate for use in the object recognition process.   
     
     
         6 . The medical support device according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the exceptional image is an image in which an imaging target that is inappropriate for use in the object recognition process is shown.   
     
     
         7 . The medical support device according to  claim 6 ,
 wherein the imaging target includes an air bubble and/or a residue.   
     
     
         8 . The medical support device according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the exceptional image is an image having a composition that is inappropriate for use in the object recognition process.   
     
     
         9 . The medical support device according to  claim 8 ,
 wherein the composition is a first composition and/or a second composition,   the first composition is a composition in which a size of a target object included in an imaging range within the imaging range is larger than a first size or a composition in which the size within the imaging range is smaller than a second size, and   the second composition is a composition in which the target object deviates from a center region of the imaging range.   
     
     
         10 . The medical support device according to  claim 5 ,
 wherein the exceptional image is an image having an image quality that is inappropriate for use in the object recognition process.   
     
     
         11 . The medical support device according to  claim 10 ,
 wherein the image quality includes out-of-focus and/or motion blur.   
     
     
         12 . The medical support device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the storage stores a plurality of the second medical images having different contents, and   the similarity or the difference is a representative value of a plurality of comparison results obtained by comparing the first medical image with each of the plurality of second medical images, or a comparison result obtained by comparing the second medical image located at a centroid of a cluster obtained by clustering the plurality of second medical images with the first medical image.   
     
     
         13 . The medical support device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processing result information includes feature region information for specifying a feature region recognized by the object recognition process, characteristic information indicating characteristics of the feature region, and/or site specifying information for specifying a site where the feature region is present.   
     
     
         14 . The medical support device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the display device displays similarity-related information which is information related to the similarity, or difference-related information which is information related to the difference.   
     
     
         15 . The medical support device according to  claim 14 ,
 wherein the similarity-related information includes the similarity, information based on the similarity, the second medical image used to obtain the similarity, and/or an image based on the second medical image used to obtain the similarity, and   the difference-related information includes the difference, information based on the difference, the second medical image used to obtain the difference, and/or an image based on the second medical image used to obtain the difference.   
     
     
         16 . The medical support device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the camera is mounted on an endoscope and is inserted into a body to image an inside of the body.   
     
     
         17 . The medical support device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the object recognition process is a process of recognizing a lesion.   
     
     
         18 . The medical support device according to  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processing result is generated by a trained model by inputting the first medical image to the trained model.   
     
     
         19 . A medical support device comprising a processor,
 wherein in a case where a similarity between a first medical image generated by being captured by a camera and a second medical image stored in a storage exceeds a first threshold value or a difference between the first medical image and the second medical image is equal to or less than a second threshold value, the processor does not execute an object recognition process on a first medical image, and in a case where the similarity is equal to or less than the first threshold value or the difference exceeds the second threshold value, the processor executes the object recognition process.   
     
     
         20 . An endoscope apparatus comprising:
 the medical support device according to  claim 1 ; and   the camera.   
     
     
         21 . A medical support method comprising:
 displaying, on a display device, processing result information which is information related to a processing result of an object recognition process performed on a first medical image generated by being captured by a camera; and   making a display aspect of the processing result information different according to a similarity or a difference between the first medical image and a second medical image stored in a storage.   
     
     
         22 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executable by a computer to execute a process comprising:
 displaying, on a display device, processing result information which is information related to a processing result of an object recognition process performed on a first medical image generated by being captured by a camera; and   making a display aspect of the processing result information different according to a similarity or a difference between the first medical image and a second medical image stored in a storage.